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Worcester is a
borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...
represented in the
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of the
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. Since 1885 it has elected one
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(MP) by the
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system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs.


Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Worcester. 1950–1983: The County Borough of Worcester, the Borough of Droitwich, and the Rural District of Droitwich. 1983–1997: The City of Worcester, and the District of Wychavon wards of Drakes Broughton, Inkberrow, Lenches, Pinvin, Spetchley, and Upton Snodsbury. 1997–present: The City of Worcester. The constituency covers the city of
Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
, with (since the 1997 redistribution) exactly the same boundaries as the city. It borders the
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constituency to the east, and West Worcestershire to the west.


History

A safe
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seat for many years (the Conservatives even narrowly held the seat in the
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Labour landslide), Worcester was represented by the high-profile Conservative cabinet minister Peter Walker for three decades, from a
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in 1961 until he stood down in 1992.
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held the seat for the Conservatives until 1997, when he moved to the redrawn Mid Worcestershire constituency. Michael Foster of the Labour Party gained the seat at the 1997 general election. This can be put down to a combination of Labour's landslide victory nationally, but also to the fact that boundary changes meant the constituency was now solely an urban area, rather than also containing much of the surrounding countryside. Peter Walker's son,
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, was elected as the
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MP at the 2010 general election. The constituency is marginal and was selected as a "target" by the Labour Party in 1997, and by the Conservative Party in 2010. Many political commentators and journalists look on Worcester as having the demographic statistics which most closely mirror those in the United Kingdom as a whole. As such the term "
Worcester woman ''Worcester woman'' is a political term used by polling companies in the United Kingdom. It profiles or describes a type of median voter, a working class woman in her 30s with two children who worries about quality of life issues and has little ...
" has come into use as a description for a typical
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r.


Members of Parliament

* ''Constituency created in 1295''


MPs 1660–1885


MPs since 1885


Elections


Elections in the 2010s


Elections in the 2000s


Elections in the 1990s


Elections in the 1980s


Elections in the 1970s


Elections in the 1960s


Elections in the 1950s


Elections in the 1940s


Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Conservative: Crawford Greene *Liberal: Richard Fairbairn *Labour: James FergusonReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939


Elections in the 1920s


Elections in the 1910s


Elections in the 1900s


Elections in the 1890s


Elections in the 1880s


Elections in the 1870s

* Caused by Sheriff's death.


Elections in the 1860s

* Caused by Laslett's
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Elections in the 1850s

* Caused by Rufford's
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.


Elections of the 1840s

* Caused by Wilde's appointment as Attorney-General for England and Wales


Elections of the 1830s


See also

*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire There are 8 Parliamentary constituencies in the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. From 1974 to 1998 the two counties were administratively and ceremonially one, called Hereford and Worcester, and the constituencies crossed ...
*
Worcester woman ''Worcester woman'' is a political term used by polling companies in the United Kingdom. It profiles or describes a type of median voter, a working class woman in her 30s with two children who worries about quality of life issues and has little ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Worcester (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Worcestershire Parliamentary constituencies in Worcestershire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295